Huntsville gazette., 1887-06-04
PRIZE WINNERS.

| The Award of Prizes at the National Drill
The Drill a Grand Success From Mill
| tary Point of View, But Will Not Pay
| Any Dividends to Its Promoters-Break-
| Ing Camp. .lt.t
WAsuINGToN, May 3L-The National
| drill came to a most agreeable conclusion
| yesterday afternoon, when the prizes
were awarded by General Sheridan to
the successful competitors. The sun
| shone res plendant upon the gaily attired
troops as they were drawn up in company
front upon the drill grounds. facing fully
twenty thousand spectators, who cheered
loudly the prizes were awarded. Ell
thusiastic soldiers threw up their hats
and cheered, while fair ladies waved
their parasols and handkerchiefs as the
companies in which they were particular
ly interested received pr.ze,. E
At half-past three o'clock the judges
from the grand stand announced the fol-
lowing list of prizes and order of excel
lence of competing regiments, battalions,
companies and commands:
| Regiments-Flrst Re giment of Virgi MIA,
sole competitor, prize, magnificent
stand Of colors, with gold, silver and
| bronze medals to the officers.
| Battalions-W Washington Light Infantry,
first prize, 5000; second, Louisville
Legion of Kentucky, second prize, 1900:
third, Fifth Rhode Island. WV,
| Infantry companies First, Lomax Ri
ttes, Company b, First Alabama, first
prize, s. 900; second, Company d, First
Minnesota, second prize, $500: third,
| Belknap Rifles. Company B, third Texas,
third przs 81, 500; fourth, National Rifles,
Washington, d. c., fourth prize, 81, 200;
| fifth, San Antonio Rifles, Texas, fifth
prize, 500; sixth, Indi ,napolis Light In
fantry; seventh, Toledo Cadets; eighth,
| Washington Light Inf i1try, Company b;
ninth, Vicksburg Volunteer South
rons; tenth, Company A, Fifth Rhode
Island; eleventh, Muscatiue Rifles;
twelfth, Alexandria Light Infantry: thr-
teenth, Sheridan Guards, New Hamp.
shire; fourteenth, Walker Light Guards,
Company B, FIRST Virginil; fifteenth,
| Custer Guards, Second Michigan; six :
teentl,, Fort Wayne r fles, Second Indi-
ana; seventeenth, Wooster City Guards,
| Eighth OHIO; eighteenth, Jackson Rihes,
First Michgan; nineteenth. Louisiana
| X fl s; twentieth, Richmond Grays. First
Virginia.; twenty first, Newley r fl IS,
| First M ine; tweatv second, Company Z,
| FIRST 3 tttaipn, Now Jersey; twenty
third. Company Z, First Minnesota; TWEEN
/ y ~, n1Ci III 1tiuA isih 1o COMPANY ~
| Thirty-sccond New York; twenty fifth,
Company A, Washington Cadet Corps;
twenty-sixih, Eighth Separate Company,
Rochester, N. Y; twenty seventh, Gov
ernor's Guard, Virginia; twenty ninth,
| Company A, First Virginia; thirtieth,
| Company g, Second Connecticut.
Light Artilery-Battery B, Indian apo
lis Light Artillery, first prize, $3.50;
| Milwaukee Light Battery, second prize,
$1,000
Machine Guns-Cincinnati battery, first
| prze, silver trophy and $3.50; Battery A,
| Louisville Legion, second prize, 500.
| Zouaves-First, Chicago Zouaves, first
| ptize, $l,070; second, Memphis Merchants
| Zouaves, second prize, s751; third, K eek
| Zouaves.
/ Cadet Corps-First, Michigan Military
| Academy Cadets, first prze, 81, 900; second,
| Maryland Agricultural College Cadets,
| second rrze, $3.50; third, Bethel Cadets;
fourth, Peekskil Academy Cadets, fifth,
Cayuga Like Cadets; sixth, St Johns
| Academy Cadets.
Individual Drill-Private 81. G.. Stack,
San Antonio Riffs, first prize, gold
medal and 800; First Sergeant Charles
F. Conrad, Co. B, Washington Light In
fantry, second prize, silver medal and
f75; First Serye mt s. r. Wagner, Co. A.,
Louisville Legion, third prize, bronze
medal and $50
| AS soon as the prizes were awarded,
the various companies gave brief exhibit
biton drills, and as five O'Clock approach
ed they formed in regular lines for the
final dress plrade. The troops were
| quickly l1sp ected, and the order 'com-
! pany right wheel by fours,' soon left
| ho IoY rry;th in ey1a cnldin
and the Nationaldrill had come to an end.
From military point of view the drill
may be called success, but this can hard
ly be said of the venture financially. The
last and closing exhibition of the pyro-
rama of the historic naval engagement be-
| tween the Monitor and the Merrimac wa
witnessed last night by fifteen thousand
people. ........... .......
WASHINGTON, May 3L-There were
signs of approa ching dissolution at Camp
| George Washington early yesterday
morning. Some of the organizations had
already taken their departure, and
others were getting ready to break camp.
! The Second Virginia, the Sarsfeld Guards,
Cf New Haven, and the Cayuga Lake
Cadets left for home during the day, and
several other companies left last night.
| By noon the camp was quite deserted, as
| most of the companies that had not al
ready started homeward were participant
ing in the Decoration Day parade Of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
! Several Southern companies, including
the Lomax Rifles and the VIcks burg
SLuthrons paraded as escort TO the g. A.
R., which included a body of colored men.
In order that there should be no misun-
derstanding General Carnahan notified
the commanding officers of these organ
izations in the morning that there would
be colored organizations in line, but no
OF lection was made When the colored
| post of the G. A. R passed the Southern
soldiers, the latter presented arms, pay
ing the same honors as were paid the
other posts.
In Memoriam Ben. Perley Poore.